Freight car



Am., MD., W23 lAlSL A. l-a. SMITH FREIGHT CAR Filed Mar. ll, 1922 Z sheets-sham 1 I f/ @woe/Mofa Apr. w, w23 1,451,633

y A. H. SMTI-i FREIGHT CAR Filed Mar. ll, 1922 2 sheets-sheet 2- element thereon,`

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Application tiled March l1, 3.922.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, Amano H. SMITH, a

citizen ot the United States, and residin the county of Westchesterand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Freight Caract which the following is a specification.

. This invention 'relates to that general type of freight car and rflght container illustrated in my Patent o. 1,407,593, issued February 21, 1922, wherein is shown the broad combination of a car having side and end walls and a series of freight vcompartment units arranged on said car-within said walls, all ot the units being independently secured on the car, and eac unit being independently removable from the car without-impairing the stability or security of the remaining units on the car.'

,My invention consists of an improvement in' means of Icentering and securing each compartment on the car, and my invention consists further of the parts and combination of parts as will be 4hereinatter more specifically set forth.

ln the drawings:

` Figure 1 is a front elevation ot'one of the containers removed from the car,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a car with a plurality of containers mounted thereon, the containers and car being broken away,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 3-3, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Fig. et is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the lower corners of the containers showing thei centering and securing Fig. 5 is an enlarged'- detail sectional view on the line 5 5, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Thereference numeral 1 designa-tesa car oit any approveditype having side walls 2, and end walls 3, said walls projecting a considerable distance above the sills of themcar ing at Chappaqua,

so that when the containers 11a-re in posi-V tion on the car, the bottom portion oftthe door 5 is below the top edge oi the wall and in close proximity to the wall, whereby, as set forth in my said patent, it is impossible to open the door 5 to gain access to the interior of the container while the container is in position on the car.

The construction oit7 the container may be et any approved typo found desirable, and

serial no. 542,994.

therefore yno detailed description will be given thereof.

Arranged at predetermined intervals and in pairs are series of centering and securing elements 6 on the inner face of the walls of the ca-r. Preferably these centering and securing elements are formed from angle iron, the end portion of one oit' the flanges of the angle iron being beveled as at 7 which functions as a centering :tace to center the container as it is beingl lowered on to the car.

These centering and securing elements as will be seen from Fig. 2 are arranged in pairs converging toward the sills of the car, and secured to the walls of the car by suitable rivets v8, the next adjacent set of centering and securing means being similarly secured to the inner face of the walls of the car, the tops of the adjacent members of the sets substantially meeting as at 9 as shown in llig. 2.

The containers are provided with centering and securing elementsilO secured to the container by rivets ll and disposed at an angle to the containers corresponding to the angle of the securing element 6 and likewise converging toward the bottom of the container.

The securing and positioning elements 10 are iade from angle iron and are beveled as at 12 at their lower ends, these bevels 12 coactingv with the bevels 7 of the elements 6 to 'center the container as it is being lowered on tothe car.

As the container isv being lowered on to the car, it is centered by means of the bevels 7 and 12, respectively, and the securing elements 10 slide downwardly on the tace of the securing elements 6 of the car and .by reason of the angle of the two elements, the container is readily centered and guided to its proper position on also functioning to hold` th against rocking and against movement relative to the car.

lt will be observed that the arrangement of the 'centering and securing elements on.

e 'containers longitudinal 'the car is such that one'or more of the con' tainers may be removed from the car without ailecting the stability and security of the remaining containers on the car.

lllhat ll claim is.:

1. rlhe combination with a carrier having wallsand a plurality of containers adapted to be loaded on said carrier within said.

the car, said elements lli Sti

Walls'. of registering the said walls and containers respectively and bodily disposed thereon atv an angle to the vertical.

2. The combination with a carrier having Walls.l and a plural-ity of containers` adapted to be loaded on said carrier within said abutments secured to 5. A shipping container having abutments secured to the walls thereof and converging toward each other toward the bottom of the container.

6. A carrier having Walls and abutments secured to said Walls and converging toward each other in the direction of the bottom of said wall.

7. The combination with a carrier having walls, and a plurality of containers adapted to be loaded between said walls. of registering abutments secured tothe said Walls and containers respectively and bodily disposed thereon at an angle to the vertical; said abutments each comprising an angle iron, one leg of which is beveled at one end.

In testimony Whereot1 I aflix ny signature.

ALFRED H. SMITH. 

